Apple's new headquarters Campus 2 project – in pictures

Apple's new headquarters Campus 2 project – in pictures

Apple today received final approval from the Cupertino City Council for its Apple Campus 2 project after gaining a unanimous initial approval back in October. It's reported to become a 2.8m sq ft complex designed by Norman Foster

Wednesday 20 November 2013 06.17 EST
First published on Wednesday 20 November 2013 06.17 EST

Norman Foster has created the designs for the gleaming silver doughnut of the new Apple headquartersPhotograph: Foster & Partners/EPA

Apple's Campus 2 is designed to be environmentally friendly, incorporating 80% green space with 300 different species of trees, orchards, and a central garden with outdoor dining areasPhotograph: Foster & Partners/EPA

At the gaping triple-height entrance, through which the 13,000 employees will file, soaring columns will rise through a triumphal portal in the same brushed-aluminium finish as a MacbookPhotograph: Foster & Partners/EPA